This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
scabrous
Pronounced: (SCAB-russ)
Adjective:
1. rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
2. dealing with salacious or indecent material
Vocabulary.com: ”The Latin root, scaber, means “rough and scaly,” and is closely related to scabere, “to scrape.”
Example(s):
1. “The musty living room had one of those scabrous ceilings from the 1980s and desperately needed updating.”
2. “The city councilman found himself in hot water when a large collection of scabrousimages were discovered on his laptop.”
